In order to bring the huge crop from Brazil to the world market, the new loading capacities in the north of the country are urgently needed.
While the southern port of Santos is still the largest export port for Brazilian grain and oilseeds, the new ports in the north are gaining in importance. From here, 24% of the soybeans and cornloads have already been handled in the first seven months of the year. In the comparative period of the last five years, the share was 20% less. In 2012, 8% were settled here.
By July farmers supplied 15.3 million tonnes of maize and soybeans to the northern ports. In the previous year, it was 26 million tonnes, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. The now major dependency on the new ports in the north is due to the government's efforts to modernize the ports and to further develop the logistics infrastructure. They are looking for private investors to move quickly. The South American country is one of the leading exporters of maize and soybeans worldwide.
Yesterday, the Minister of Transport received 40.5 millionUSD to expand the BR-163 federal road connecting Mato Grosso to the northern Atlantic ports. The road leads to the Miritibuba inland port, where the harvested goods are loaded onto river ships and then reached the deep sea ports of the Atlantic at Baracarena. At last, during the rainy season, trucks had always driven down in the mud. The repair work should be completed at the end of 2018.
